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Dutch mobile service revenues fall 6.7% in 2013
2014-03-19 15:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The Dutch mobile industry saw service revenues fall by 6.7 percent year-on-year to EUR 5.4 billion in 2013, according to Telecompaper research. This compares to an annual decline of 4.5 percent in 2012 and a decline of 3.8 percent in 2011. The main reason for the continued decline in service revenue remains falling voice and SMS revenues. Excluding the impact of regulation cuts, Dutch mobile service revenues fell by 4.6 percent in 2013. Non-voice services accounted for 41.4 percent of mobile service revenue in 2013, with non-voice revenues falling by 2.5 percent over the year. Overall mobile service revenue was EUR 1.3 billion in Q4 2013, down 8.6 percent from Q4 2012 and down 4.5 percent from Q3 2013. The market is expected to fall by 4 percent in 2014 to generate service revenues of EUR 5.2 billion. The Dutch mobile market is forecast to show a negative CAGR of 1.5 percent between 2013 and 2018, generating revenue of around EUR 5 billion in 2018. KPN controlled 48 percent of all SIMs in 2013, boosted by prepaid MVNO growth. Vodafone's share fell to 26 percent, with T-Mobile stable at 25 percent.
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Category:Telecommunications